So grateful that our work on the effect of pharmaceutical pollution in fish @animalecology.bsky.social is among top 10 most-cited papers published in 2024.
A huge thanks to co-1st author @gio-polverino.bsky.social & all collaborators @bbmwong.bsky.social @monashbiol.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
🚨PhD opportunity🚨
🪲Deep-red vision and infrared sensing in jewel beetles 🪲
Understand how jewel beetles detect and integrate deep-red light and heat information to drive behaviour.
Location: La Trobe University, Bundoora
Contact: a.franklin@latrobe.edu.au; www.amanda-franklin.com
Diego Lara Arias - "Drivers of macroinvertebrate abundance in the Brixton Street Wetland" 🦐
@jenkelley01.bsky.social
(4/4)
Rousset Palou Egoaguirre - "The impact of heat stress on microsite use and cognition in Sumatran Orangutans (Pongo abelii) at Perth Zoo" 🦧
@mandyridley.bsky.social @gblackburn.bsky.social
(3/4)
Belinda Atkinson - "Climatic drivers of activity patterns in the western pebble mound mouse (Pseudomys chapmani) across temporal scales" 🐭
@pebblemouse.bsky.social
(2/4)
Loved seeing three of our Master's students present their research proposals. From the deserts 🏜️ to the wetlands💦 and the treetops 🌳 between. Great work happening, and we're excited to see how it goes.
More below!
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Formal presentation in flow🌊
SBS seminar late post: Harry Mortimer presented his PhD proposal on the effect of combined environmental stressors on the Western Rainbowfish🌈🐟.
We were graced with great visuals and a visit from a 3D printed perch.
@jenkelley01.bsky.social @pebblemouse.bsky.social
I am hiring a research assistant (vampire bats), a Panama fieldwork coordinator (vampire bats), and also considering postdoc apps (social behavior, any species): socialbat.org/2026/02/19/h...
3-year Independent Post-doc in Animal Behavior based at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama!
Three positions, each including salary & a research budget.
Applications due April, 15th.
DM if you are interesting in developing a project with us!
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
🚨New paper alert 🚨
High temperatures lead to an impaired anti-predator mobbing response to five callers in wild great tits!
Loved working on this paper with an all star team of scientists! @dutourmylene.bsky.social @camillasoravia.bsky.social @mandyridley.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/behe...
A BLAST of fresh sea air graced us this week as we welcomed back Dr. Paige Maroni from a whirlwind year where she spent >150 days in polar regions 🛥️
Paige gave us insights into advances in polar deep-sea research 🦑 , we can’t wait to see what future dives bring!
@marinefutureslab.bsky.social
🌴 POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY ✨
The NOMIS Foundation and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute are seeking biologists to explore questions addressing animal behaviour!
📍 Panama
💵 USD$62k p.a. + <$13k travel budget
📆 Apply by 15th April, 2026
Info/how to apply here 👇:
stri.si.edu/academic-pro...
Monitoring monitors? 🦎
This week we had @brainiants.bsky.social take a break from ants, and delve into her past life as a zookeeper. We heard from her about the conservation challenges and best practice guidelines for captive crocodile monitors (Varanus salvadorii).
Thanks Kim!
Young magpies learn to combine calls into "sentences" much like human toddlers: through listening to family and friends!
Now available to read at @royalsocietypublishing.org
@mandyridley.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
🐝 POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY 🐜
@sydney.edu.au has an available position for an Aola Richards Postdoctoral Fellow in Entomology 🕷️
⌚ Full-time, fixed 2 year term
🪰 Independent research programme
💵 AUD$113k + 17% superannuation
Info and how to apply in the link below 👇
www.sydney.edu.au/science/scho...
Grant Witness is hiring! We're seeking a full-time data scientist to join our team building data resources to support journalism, litigation, and activism protecting science, public health, and the rule of law. grant-witness.us/apply.html #rstats
Pls re-post: My department @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social are recruiting for several new faculty positions (links below). Broad search in molecular biology/biochemistry, across prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Interested in understanding life at the molecular level, this job might be for you!
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Just a few days left to submit the ASN student research award (due March 13th)!!!! This is an AWESOME opportunity for students to get some grant writing experience!!! We LOVE reading your grants and giving feedback!!!!!!!!!!! Apply, Apply, Apply!!!!!!
www.amnat.org/announcement...
📢 Hiring: Tenure Track Professor of Flyway Ecology & Scientific Director of BirdEyes, the Centre for Global Ecological Change
Apply before 31 Mar 👇
werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/ten...
#Hiring #Vacancy #ScienceJobs #SciComm
Our 2026 talks started off with a bang! (or a buzz 🐝?)
We thank visiting academic, Dr. Daniela Scaccabarozzi, for sharing her research on how orchids exploit visual and chemical cues to attract pollinators and achieve reproductive success! 🌼
@larschittka.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
🌠 Meet Our Exec Committee for 2026 🌠
Kim is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia working on invertebrate cognition, with a current focus on intraspecific variation in cognitive ability. When she’s not staring at ants, Kim enjoys pilates, baking, and occasional photography. 🐜
🌠 Meet Our Exec Committee for 2026 🌠
@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social is a PhD candidate at the University of Western Australia currently working on sexual selection in cowpea seed beetles. He is not a father, yet still doesn’t have time for hobbies or interests of his own 🥀
🌠 Meet Our Exec Committee for 2026 🌠
Yong is a DECRA fellow at the University of Western Australia working on the impact of sexual selection on life history traits and their trade-offs. One current focus is the physiological mechanisms mediating these effects, such as diet and oxidative stress 🥦
Hello friends!
We are ⭐ Kim, Nirjana, and Aadhi ⭐ the new CEB representatives for 2026!
Over the coming year, we'll be sharing all the exciting and diverse research happening within CEB, so stay tuned.👀
🐜 @brainiants.bsky.social🧠
🪲@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social 🫘
🦜@nirjana-dewan.bsky.social 🧬
Does early-life environment stress affect future reproductive investment? 🌊🐟
Our new paper found that when raised in fluctuating salinity, mosquitofish females produce eggs with lower protein, while older males had higher ejaculate glycogen content!
Read the full paper here doi.org/10.1111/1365...
🪲Job opportunity at Murdoch University🐝
Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow (Short-range Endemic Invertebrates)
📝 Applications Close on 15/03/2026 (11:59pm AWST)
Interested applicants can also reach out to @notthebestsam.bsky.social for a chat about the role/team environment!
Congrats to all the students that presented🎉. We're looking forward to what's in store for next year.
We also took home the:
3-minute presentation (@matbourqui.bsky.social) 🏆
Poster presentation (@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social) 🏆
Quiz night🏆
Magnificent!
◻️Avantika Deep Sharma◼️(@avantikadeep.bsky.social) gave us a bird's-eye view on the intra-sexual competition in cooperatively breeding Western Australian magpies 🐦🥊🐦.
@mandyridley.bsky.social @lizziespeechley.bsky.social
🐸Shengyao Lin🐸presented a ribbit-ing talk on the genome size variation and evolutionary mechanisms in frogs 🧬.
@reneecatullo.bsky.social
🐭Cameron Dodd🐭(@kultarrcam.bsky.social) presented an ex-skull-ent talk on skull evolution in the Sminthopsinae💀.
@reneecatullo.bsky.social @kennytravouillon.bsky.social